Historia de la cirugía en la Región de Murcia en la segunda mitad del siglo XX

Abstract

The aim of this thesis is to analyze, from a historical point of view, the specialty of General Surgery in the Region of Murcia during the second half of the 20th century, from 1950 to December 31, 1999. This analysis has been carried out through research in the archives of public and private hospitals, health and academic institutions of the Region of Murcia, publications collected in databases (Spanish Medical Index, IBECS and Medline) or doctoral thesis, and in the data obtained through surveys and interviews to Surgeons who have done the specialty of Surgery or have worked in the Region of Murcia. The data obtained has been classified in an Excel database, analysing the following sections: Place and date of birth, date of death and retirement, University where they studied medicine and degree, specialty training center and duration, pre-MIR / MIR training route, start date of his professional activity as Surgeon in Murcia, rotation by Hospitals within the Region, Headquarters, subspecialisation, Doctoral Thesis, external rotations, collaboration with the University, publications, the magazines where they publish, language of publication and lines or groups of investigation. Results: We have found 33 centers with surgical activity in the period studied and 198 surgeons who have trained or have practiced the specialty of General and Digestive Surgery, in the Region of Murcia. Of these, 87% are males compared to 13% of females; the majority of the group (65) were born in the 1950s; 92 were born in the Region of Murcia; it is the decade of the 80s, when the largest number of Surgeons (48) are incorporated to work; 82 have studied at the University of Murcia; 62% has been training as a resident internal doctor; the majority of Surgeons (85), has been trained in the "Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca" (HUVA); 87 have exercised some Headquarters either Service, Section or Zone; 77 Surgeons have worked in a single hospital center; 112 Surgeons have opted for subspecialisation; 83 surgeons have completed the Doctoral Thesis; 32% have done an external rotation in centers of reference worldwide in relation to the surgery specialty, and 32.% have been professors or have collaborated with the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Murcia. Regarding publications, the total number of articles published is 646, evidencing an exponential growth during the period studied, highlighting 11 surgeons as the top producers of the Region, all belonging to the school of Professor Pascual Parrilla Paricio, of HUVA, being this the maximum producer with a total of 486 articles. The magazine that has the largest number of publications is "Cirugía Española" and the language in which the Murcian Surgeons are mostly published is Spanish, beginning to publish in English in 1990 and from there with an increasing trend, publishing at the end of the period studied, more articles in English than in Spanish. After the arrival of Dr. Parrilla in Murcia, two groups or lines of research focused on the study of intestinal motility and organ transplantation are launched.